Event 2 - Flora Huo

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/plastic-crisis-microplastics/80125/

    For the second event, I attended Jessica Irish’s meeting. During the meeting, Jessica showed us a short documentary film that she made about plastic. The film is really informative and engaging to watch. 

https://thecoastnews.com/vista-latest-north-county-city-to-ban-single-use-plastics/

    The film introduces how broadly plastic is used in our daily life and how it could impact our lives. I really like one of the quotes that she included in the slides, “the skeleton, the connective tissue, the slippery skin of modern life”, from Susan Freinkel. This quote gave me a strong impression of how plastic had changed our life from different perspectives.

https://www.generalkinematics.com/blog/different-types-plastics-recycled/
 

    Plastic is one of the elements that we could not live without in today’s society. A lot of products we used contain plastic, such as the tape on the package we receive every day, the packaging of body wash, pens, phone cases, and so on. I do not think there is any substitute for plastic today, and according to Jessica, one person could consume 234 pounds of plastic every year. It is a huge number, and we all know that plastic is hard to degrade, it takes a lot of time to disappear on this planet. But we only use them for several days, or even a couple of seconds, however, they took 400 years to degrade. Hopefully, there will be some substitute for plastic someday in the future. Otherwise, our planet might be ruined by it. 



References

General Kinematics. (2020, October 16). Different plastic types and how they are recycled. General Kinematics. Retrieved May 13, 2022, from https://www.generalkinematics.com/blog/different-types-plastics-recycled/

Hazlegreaves, S., & here, P. enter your name. (2020, March 5). The plastic crisis: What's the big deal with microplastics? Open Access Government. Retrieved May 13, 2022, from https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/plastic-crisis-microplastics/80125/

History and future of plastics. Science History Institute. (2019, November 20). Retrieved May 13, 2022, from https://www.sciencehistory.org/the-history-and-future-of-plastics

Parker, L. (2021, May 3). Plastic pollution facts and information. Environment. Retrieved May 13, 2022, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution

Rannard, G. (2022, May 12). How much plastic do you use in a week? BBC News. Retrieved May 13, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61393078

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